Month: April 2007

How to install Kubuntu Linux Feisty Fawn in OS X using Parallels

I have been trying to install various distros for several weeks under Parallels Desktop to Mac. I use Red Hat Enterprise Server at work and like to keep tabs on what is happening in the Linux desktop space. I had no problems installing Red Hat, Fedora and Windows in Parallels. I wanted to try out Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, two distros that appear to be getting a lot of press for ease of use and "good looks". However, installing either one under Parallels resulted in a blank screen. Using the directions on this website, I got Kubuntu Linux 7.0.4 (Feisty Fawn) installed and running in Parallels on my MacBook.

Check out the tutorial at

How to install Ubuntu Feisty Fawn in OS X using Parallels - a complete walkthrough - Simplehelp.

This tutorial is for anyone with an Intel-based Mac who is curious about Linux - specifically Ubuntu, and has about an hour to kill, not including the time it takes to download Ubuntu.

An apology

It was bound to happen sooner or later. One of my posts offended someone. To be proper, I insulted them. I wrote an invective piece in response to an article by Giles Slade, a writer for Mother Jones. I called him an idiot. Well..... Giles, I apologise. I went too far. Instead of criticising your article and disagreeing intelligently, I attacked you, a person I do not know.

Perhaps Tim O'Reilly is correct. Maybe we do need a Blogger Code of Conduct. And I should sign it and abide by it.

The art of invective resembles the art of boxing. Very few fights are won with the straight left. It is too obvious, and it can be too easily countered. — Gilbert Highet (1906-1978), Scottish-born U.S. biographer, critic, educator.

Sunday Paper

  • Dave Winer writes about advertising and product development at the Scripting News: "The current product development process, that focuses on a few supposed geniuses and ignores the intelligence that's in the user's minds, same as with unconferences, is about to run its course much as the old style conference can't possibly compete with one that involves the brains of the people formerly known as the audience."